Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 12: 143 (1920).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048796
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332936-1
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Shrub, 1-3.5m. Leaves elliptic, 8-11 X 3-4.3cm, c.2.5 X as long as broad, apex acute to apiculate, base rounded, lower surface with a bistrate indumentum, the upper layer loose and fawn, with long-rayed floccose hairs, the lower compacted; petioles c.1.5cm, glabrescent. Inflorescence 12-15-flowered; rhachis 5- 10mm; pedicels c. 15mm, sparsely pubescent. Calyx c. 1mm, glabrous, lobes rounded. Corolla funnel-campanulate, white flushed rose to pale pink, with purple flecks and sometimes also a basal blotch, 30-35mm. Ovary densely rufous-tomentose; style glabrous. Capsule not known.
China (NW Yunnan)
Open scrub and pine forests
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):363